Archive for May, 2008

Imported Spreadsheets to Zoho

I mentioned in another post that I started using Zoho recently. Zoho offers a suite of "office" software online. They have online word processor, spreadsheet, presentation and many other types of software that traditionally resides on a local computer. Having these software online lets me access my documents from anywhere. It also lets me share [...]

Notes From an Overseas Vacation

I didn’t post to my blog last week because I was on vacation in another country. It was really refreshing even though the weather wasn’t 100% cooperative. Now, here are some random personal finance related notes from my vacation.
Exchanging money. The best way to get the local currency is still using the ATM card, as [...]

Roth 401(k) for People Who Contribute the Max

Back in March I wrote The Case Against Roth 401(k) in which I said I think for most people the majority, if not 100%, of the contribution should go to a Traditional 401(k). I gave these reasons:

Fill in lower tax brackets in retirement
Avoid high state income tax
Leave the option open for Roth conversion [...]

Free Digital TV Over the Air

Don’t laugh. I finally got TV in my home. I have a TV, the physical device. I use it for watching DVDs. I just haven’t had TV programming in the last few years. I canceled my cable subscription because I found myself not watching at all for weeks on end. Occasionally I wanted to watch [...]